American Indians and sentencing disparity: An Arizona test

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 549-561

  Alvarez, Alexander ^a   Bachman, Ronet D ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0030523338     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(96)00039-6     Document Type: Article

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